To the left was a straight and easy path that culminated in a state of benevolent non-being.In the center ran more a difficult way that promised however much earthly fortune.On the right, strewn with rocks and pitfalls, ran a road of anger, grasping, loathing, and pain, plunging suddenly into a gorge of eternal suffering.

The correct choice was clear to him, yet he preferred to take the side-routes.